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All aspects of research quality are presented on this page. Each aspect contains 3 parts:

• in the first one is a test to assess one’s strengths and weaknesses in this area (5-6 questions)
• in the second one are recommendations how to improve this specific aspect
• in the third one is a download centre to share concrete files and templates.

What would you like to improve at your facility?

Communication Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Interaction with users Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Responsibility Test yourself Recommendations Downloads
Training of users Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Training of CF staff Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	SOPs Test yourself Recommendations Downloads
Management Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Experimental design Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Samples Test yourself Recommendations Downloads
Raw data acquisition Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Data analysis Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Data management Test yourself Recommendations Downloads
Documentation Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Publication Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Quality checkpoints Test yourself Recommendations Downloads
Benchmarking Recommendations Downloads	Quality improvements Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Accreditation Recommendations Downloads
Website Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Visibility and Networking Test yourself Recommendations Downloads	Funding Recommendations Downloads

I don’t know!

If you don't know where to start you can take this general test (36 questions, 10 minutes) to identify in which areas your weaknesses are.

Specific recommendations per core facility type

In addition to the general recommendations above, which are valid for all core facilities, there are specific aspects, which are important to particular types of core facilities. Go to this section.

Please contribute

This is a wiki website. Please feel free to share your experience and add your own recommendations. In order to do that you first need to log in. For detailed instructions, click on "Help" in the left sidebar. We thank you for your collaboration.